The Angolan men's national basketball team is controlled by the Federação Angolana de Basquetebol. Angola has been a member of FIBA since 1979. Ranking 23rd in the FIBA World Rankings, Angola is the top team of FIBA Africa, and a regular competitor at the Summer Olympic Games and the FIBA World Cup.
The FIBA Africa Basketball League was the highest caliber men's professional basketball competition for clubs until 2020, organized by the FIBA Africa and played by the champions of the leagues of the African countries. The league was replaced by the Basketball Africa League (BAL) from 2020.
Carlos Edilson Alcântara Morais is an Angolan basketball player for the Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League. Standing at 1.93 m, he plays as shooting guard, or small forward.
Jean-Jacques Nzadi da Conceição, more commonly known as J.J. Conceição or Jean-Jacques, is an Angolan-Portuguese retired professional basketball player. A 2.02 m, 100 kg (220 lbs.) power forward, he represented Angola at the AfroBasket, where he won a record seven African titles. At the club level, he won five Angolan League championship titles with Primeiro de Agosto and four Angolan Cups, before moving to Benfica in Portugal, where he won seven Portuguese national championships and three Portuguese Federation Cups. He also went on to play for CSP Limoges in France, Baloncesto Málaga in Spain, and Portugal Telecom in Portugal.
Mouloukou Souleyman Diabate, commonly known as Solo Diabate, is an Ivorian basketball player who currently plays for Al Ahly Benghazi.
Lazare Adingono is a Cameroonian-American former basketball player and current head coach of Primeiro de Agosto of the Angolan Basketball League.
The Associação Bauru Basketball Team, commonly known as Bauru Basquete, is a Brazilian professional basketball team that is based in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil. The club plays Brazil's top-tier level league, the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB).
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is an Angolan men's basketball team based in Luanda. The team is part of the multi-sports club with the same name. The club is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces which is its main sponsor. The team competes at the local level at the Luanda Provincial Basketball Championship and at the BIC Basket. In the past, it has played in the Africa Basketball League competitions.
Atlético Petróleos de Luanda, commonly known as Petro de Luanda, is an Angolan basketball club based in Luanda. It competes at the local level, at the Luanda Provincial Basketball Championship and at the Angola National Basketball Championship. Additionally, the club plays at the continental level, at the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
Grupo Desportivo Interclube is an Angolan basketball club based in Luanda, in the Ponta Rocha neighbourhood. It is part of the mutisports club with the same name. The club's basketball teams compete at the local level, at the Luanda Provincial Basketball Championships and at the Men's and Women's leagues as well as at continental level, at the annual African Basketball Club Champions League.
The Angolan Basketball Federation is the governing body of official basketball competitions in Angola. FAB was founded in 1976, with Mr. José Jaime de Castro Guimarães serving as chairman. The federation was first housed at Rua Rainha Ginga and later moved to the current address on the ground floor of an apartment building located in the Cidadela Sports Compound. FAB oversees the activities of the 18 provincial basketball associations in the country. Typically the federation has a 42-member staff, including 3 members of the general assembly, 3 from the audit committee, 5 from the legal board, 5 from the disciplinary board and 16 collaborators while the management is made up of 10 members.
Atlético Sport Aviação, commonly known as ASA, is a basketball club from Luanda, Angola. The club's men's team competes at the local level, at the Luanda Provincial Basketball Championship and in the Angolan Basketball League.
Paulo Jorge Morais Rebelo de Macedo, is an Angolan former professional basketball player and a current coach. Macedo, who is 190 cm (6'2") in height, has been a prominent point guard both at the service of the Angola national basketball team and with Primeiro de Agosto. For Angola, he played at the 1986, 1990 and 1994 world championships as well as at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Moreover, he won the FIBA Africa championships in 1989, 1992, 1993 and in 2013 as a coach.
Yanick Pires Moreira is an Angolan professional basketball player who plays for Petro de Luanda of the Angolan Basketball League and the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He played two seasons of college basketball for the SMU Mustangs.
Edmir Ivo David Lucas is an Angolan basketball player who currently for Petro de Luanda. Lucas, who stands at 193 cm, plays as a shooting guard.
Futebol Clube Vila Clotilde is an Angolan basketball club based in the Luanda. Based in the Maculusso neighbourhood, they are one of the most traditional and ancient basketball clubs in the country, the club was founded as an affiliate to Portugal's F.C. Barreirense and currently features the sports of basketball and karate, of which the former has been a regular contestant at the Angolan Basketball League.
Clube Desportivo da Marinha de Guerra is a handball club from Luanda, Angola. The club's men's and women's handball teams compete at the local level, at the Luanda Provincial Handball Championship and at the Angola National Handball Championship as well as at continental level, at the annual African Handball Champions League competitions.
The 2014 Angola 2nd Division Basketball Championship, was a basketball tournament held in Kuito, Bié, Angola, from September 17 to 25, 2014. The tournament, organized by the Angolan Basketball Federation, qualified the two top teams for the 2014–15 BIC Basket and was contested by 4 clubs, that played in a double round robin system followed by the knock-out stages.
José Alves dos Santos Neto is a Brazilian professional basketball coach. He is the current head coach of Petro de Luanda in the Angolan Basketball League, as well as for the Brazil women's national basketball team.
Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto is an Angolan women's basketball team based in Luanda. The team is part of the multi-sports club with the same name. The club is attached to the Angolan Armed Forces which is its main sponsor.
